HI - Berlin - JH am Wannsee Hostel

I was here during the World Cup 2006. Made friends with a mad Frenchman. We ended up partying every night on the main parade in Berlin. They had a twenty-four-hour train service during the world cup -- not sure if that is all the time. But that allowed us back to Wansee pretty easily late at night. Wansee has great views over a lake -- it is also very close to Potsdam which has the awesome Scholss Sanssouci with pretty cool gardens and palaces. Nice rooms and en-suite showers -- toilets were communal -- that worked well at night as you don't disturb people.

The facilities were good, but the food was not to everyone's taste and the rooms were extremely cold throughout the night.